The surname Agan
A surname, carried by 2,407 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A250
Origin
* As an Irish surname, probably a spelling variant of Egan. * As a Swiss (Alemannic German) surname, Americanized from Eggen.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,407 people named Agan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,270 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,216.
Who is named Agan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Agan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Agan has the Soundex code A250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A250.
Questions
- Where does the surname Agan come from?
- * As an Irish surname, probably a spelling variant of Egan. * As a Swiss (Alemannic German) surname, Americanized from Eggen.
- How common is the surname Agan?
- 2,407 people in the United States had the surname Agan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,270 Americans. It ranked 12,812th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Agan?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Agan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Agan getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,407 in 2010, up 8.6%.